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Category: Materials Sciences

A Faster Way to Study 2D Materials for Next-Generation Quantum and Electronic Devices

A 2D material sample that is held within an ultrahigh vacuum, low-temperature scanning probe microscope.

How Do Nanoparticles Grow? Atomic-Scale Movie Upends 100-Year-Old Theory

video footage depicting nanoparticle growth

A Day in the Half-Life

Illustration depicting two plants in the sunlight. One of the plants is bionic and has attached cords.

New Ultrathin Capacitor Could Enable Energy-Efficient Microchips

Electron microscope images show the precise atom-by-atom structure of a barium titanate (BaTiO3) thin film sandwiched between layers of strontium ruthenate (SrRuO3) metal to make a tiny capacitor.

Berkeley Lab Scientists Receive Prestigious Five-Year Research Grant

Collection of three side-by-side headshots

Pushing the Boundaries of Moore’s Law: How Can Extreme UV Light Produce Tiny Microchips?

Center of X-Ray Optics laboratory

New Silicon Nanowires Can Really Take the Heat

Transmission electron microscopy image showing a silicon-28 nanowire coated with silicon dioxide (SiO2).

Four Berkeley Lab Scientists Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Four headshots aligned in a row. From left, Gerbrand Ceder, Alessandra Lanzara, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, and Pamela Ronald.

2 Berkeley Lab Physicists Elected into the National Academy of Sciences

Collage with Joel Moore, left, and Joseph W. Orenstein on the right.

Skyrmions on the Rise – New 2D Material Advances Low-Power Computing

A map produced by magnetic microscopy techniques shows vortex-like spin patterns called skyrmions appearing in a thin, layered 2D material.

Scientists Uncover Surprising New Clues to Exotic Superconductors’ Superpowers

Artist's impression of a magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor cooled with liquid nitrogen.

How X-Rays Can Make Better Batteries

Artist's rendering of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries with a midnight blue background and electric blue outlines surrounding 3 batteries